In February, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to do away with the Obama Administration’s proposed rules regarding ESSA accountability, reporting, and state plans. On March 10, the U.S. Senate also voted to repeal the proposed rules. On Monday, March 24, President Trump signed the order and finalized the repeal process. As a result of the repeal, the U.S.

In order to demonstrate that Colorado meets the requirements of ESSA and to access the funding allocated to the state, CDE must submit a plan to the United States Department of Education for approval. Fundamental to the requirements of the ESSA plan, is that the department engage in meaningful consultation with a broad range of education stakeholders in developing the plan and, once a draft of the plan has been completed, to make the plan available for public comment.

At the November meeting, the Colorado State Board of Education agreed to delay the submission of the state’s plan for the new federal education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).

Colorado, as with other states, must develop a plan on how to implement ESSA by next year. The Colorado State Board of Education is expected to receive a draft of the state plan by early 2017 and was planning on delivering the document to the U.S. Department of Education by early March.

EDFacts annually collects data on behalf of U.S. Department of Education (ED) grant and program offices, including pre-kindergarten through grade 12 performance data about students, schools, staff, services, and educational outcomes at the state, district, and school levels, under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA).

Yesterday, the United States Department of Education (USDOE) released proposed regulations for the Title I, supplement not supplant provision of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). The proposed regulations have been published in the Federal Register and are available here. These proposed rules are subject to a 60-day public comment period, with comments due by November 7, 2016. The U.S.